DA: $750K stolen from business

BOSTON - A woman has been charged with stealing $750,000 from her employer to go on shopping sprees at stores like PETCO and Victoria’s Secret, and rent limousines, police said.

Police say Cynthia Goldberg, 46, of Westborough, was charged in a 20-count indictment alleging 10 counts of larceny over $250, five counts of making false entries in corporate books, and five counts of misusing a credit card for more than $250.

"As galling as the theft itself is the nature of what she purchased," District Attorney Daniel Conley said in a statement. "This was not someone of modest means who stole to make rent. This was someone who fraudulently billed extravagant expenses to a local business."

Golberg was arrested at her home yesterday. Police say Goldberg also goes by the names Cynthia Kussy and Cynthia McDonnell.

The DA says Goldberg worked as a bookkeeper for an environmental engineering company in Brighton. Prosecutors say in the five years she worked there she stole at least $752,245.64.

Documents recovered include receipts to PETCO, Victoria's Secret, Banana Republic, Wolfer's Lighting, the Ritz Carlton hotel and area tanning salons. Receipts also show charges to limousine companies in Medway and out of state, as well as almost $650 in Massachusetts Turnpike Fast Lane violations, prosecutors said.

She allegedly obtained three credit cards in the name of the business and billed her purchases to the company.

Prosecutors say she also wrote herself checks from the employer’s account.

Goldberg made about $40 an hour as an accountant.